Seven-year-old Heather McNamara was heading home on Tuesday, a month after surgery that temporarily removed organs from her digestive tract to allow removal of a tennis ball-size tumor.

Doctors were able to reimplant Heather McNamara's liver and large and small intestines.

According to her surgical team at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, the operation - referred to as an "auto-transplantation" because the patient's own organs (instead of those from a donor) were reimplanted within four hours after being extracted -- is the first of its kind to be performed on a child.

PAK BREAKS CEASE FIRE

n a major ceasefire violation after a gap of few months, Pakistani troops fired throughout Friday night at Indian posts in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving a soldier injured. A defence spokesman said on Saturday that Pakistani troops fired between 1500 to 2000 rounds at the Indian posts in Kamalkote area of Uri sector between 2200 hrs IST on Friday night and 0300 hers IST Saturday morning.

CONGRESS TO CNTEST 37 SEATS IN BIHAR

Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde said the party wants to leave three seats, two on which Lalu Prasad would contest and one on which Ram Vilas Paswan would contest.

HISTORY IN HAMILTON BY INDIANS

History in Hamilton as India win after 33 years
A masterly knock of 160 by the Master himself followed by some fiery bowling by Turbanator Harbhajan Singh in the match put India one ahead of hosts New Zealand in the three Test match series.

BJP DECLARATION FOR VARUN GANDHI

BJP said VARUN GANDHI as his candidatefrom Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh as he told the Election Commission that his election speeches - which have triggered a furore for their alleged hate content - were not intended to spark communal ill-will.

The BJP, while declaring Varun Gandhi to be their candidate for Pilibhit, also urged the poll panel to take back the notice served on the party over the speeches.

"Varun Gandhi is our candidate from Pilibhit. He is the declared candidate of the party," said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar amid speculation that the party had distanced itself from the young candidate.

THE POWER OF SHARIFF

The former prime minister emerges as the most powerful political player in Pakistan after winning a stand-off with Zardari. The hardest part is yet to come: Saving the country from collapse.

Line of worry
'Zardari has not spoken to me for over two months now'

* The Lahore Log: This was the mother of all deals
* Pak govt moves SC against verdict in Sharifs' case
* Gilani, Sharif for scrapping Prez's sweeping powers
* Sharif wins, Zardari reinstates judges

CRISP ZUCCHINI

Ingredients:

• 2 Medium zuchini, sliced into 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch thick slices
• 2 Cups cracker crumbs
• 2/4 Cup parmesan cheese
• 2 Large eggs, beaten
• Peanut oil for frying
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Paprika
Procedure:

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add cracker crumbs, parmesan, salt and paprika.
• Beat eggs in a bowl.
• Dip zucchini slices in the beaten egg.
• Then coat it with seasoned crumbs properly.
• Heat oil and fry the slices till golden brown, turning once.
• Drain on paper towels to absorb oil.
• Fried Zucchini is ready to serve.

NUNS ARE FORCED TO COOK MEALS & WASH CLOTHES

Nuns in the church are forced to wash clothes and cook meals, a cardinal has claimed.

The candid admissions by Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil, who is also the Major Archbishop of the Syro Malabar church, has been made in a book titled, 'Straight from the Heart', released recently.

"There have always been complaints that religious women are used as task force by parish priests. They just bear up the ill treatment, fearing the priests may not say Mass for them or fulfil their spiritual needs if they protested. These things are happening in a number of places," Vithyathail says.

"Religious women very often depend on bishops for land and money to start a convent. They feel they have to deal with priests and bishops with the utmost reverence, almost like slaves.

"A big complaint of our nuns is that the diocesan priests are treating them like servants, making them wash their clothes, prepare their food, wash the churches etc. and that too without getting paid. These are all unjust ways of treating women religious," he says.

BLAST TARGETS RAJDHANI EXPRESS

A POWERFUL bomb exploded on a railway track in KURBI ANGLOG distt. of central Assam early on Thursday morning targeting the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express. No one was injured in the attack.

The KLNLF insurgent group is suspected behind the strike.

The incident occurred 5 km away from the town at 1.10 am, just after a security escort engine for checking the tracks passed the area prior to the movement of the Rajdhani Express, police said, adding that the blast caused a 2.5 feet deep crater on the track.

MADE FOR EACH OTHER

Kareena is a fourth generation Kapoor, the first family of Indian cinema. Saif hails from the Pataudi royal family. Both have diverse roots too. Kareena’s mother Babita is half Christian and half Sindhi and Saif’s mother Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali. And, of course, both these star mothers were style icons in Bollywood.

CHICKEN 65

RECIEPE
Ingredients:

• 250 gms Boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 1 tsp All spice, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom
• 1-1/2 tsp Garlic paste
• 1 -1/2 tsp Ginger paste
• 2 tsp Red chilies powder
• 2 tsp All-purpose flour
• 1 Egg
• 4 Drops food coloring, red
• 2 Cups yoghurt
• 12 Green chilies
• 2 tsp Cornflour
• 3 tsp Lime juice
• Vegetable oil for frying
• Salt to taste
• Onions, for garnishing

Procedure:

• Take a bowl and mix corn flour, all purpose flour, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, egg,all spice and salt to thick batter.
• Add water if essential.
• Add chicken pieces to the batter and marinate for about one hour.
• Deep fry the marinated chicken pieces till they turn golden.
• Take a sauce pan and heat 4 tsp oil.
• Add fried chicken pieces, slit chillies, yogurt, red color and salt if desired.
• Fry for about 4 to 5 minutes and remove it from the heat.
• Now add lime juice, mix well and garnish it with onions.

I AM NOT IN THE RACE OF PM

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday tried to play the whole matter down by saying that he is not in the race to be the Prime Minister.

Speaking to the media here, a cautious sounding Pawar said, “We contest on limited seats and that’s why it’s not possible for us to stake claim for the prime ministerial chair.”

“I don’t want to forget the ground reality”, he quipped.

KALUGI FATHER

from Mira Road in Mumbai for allegedly raping his two daughters for the sake of becoming rich.

The elder girl aged 21 was suffering this humiliation for the last nine years, but finally broke her silence after her father turned on her younger sister.

The mother of the girls has also been arrested as an accessory to the crime.

Police said the Mira Road couple was under the influence of a tantrik, Hasmukh Rathod, 60, who told them in July 2000 that the family would prosper if the father were to have a sexual relationship with his daughter, then 12.

Rathod, a resident of Andheri, was also taken into custody. Locals, including neighbours of the couple, manhandled the tantrik in the police station.

The family (names withheld by the police), which hailed from Gujarat, resides in Phase I of Golden Nest on Mira-Bhayander Road. The businessman owns a unit in Andheri manufacturing radium plates for automobiles. Rathod was known to the couple for more than 20 years. Police said he, too, raped the elder daughter over a period of time, that too in her mother's presence.

In November 2008, Rathod encouraged the man to start a sexual relationship with his younger daughter. Till then, the elder girl had suffered in silence for fear of her father. But when he turned on her sister, she gathered courage and confided in her maternal uncle and grandmother, who complained to the police.

INFLATION AT LOW FALLS BELOW 1%

India`s annual rate of inflation fell by as much as 200 basis points to a historic low of 0.44 percent for the week ended March 7 against 2.43 percent for the week before, official data showed Thursday.

THE NEW LOOK OF AMIR KHAN

Bollywood News : Aamir Khan is known to experiment, especially in his various endorsements. After pulling off several successful looks in the Coke ads, Aamir tries on a new look in the latest Tata Sky ad. He plays an old Sardar, and looks almost unrecognisable — check out the pictures to know what we mean!

The ad will be launched after Khan’s 44th birthday on March 14.

WOMAN OF LASHKAR -E- TAIBA HELD IN J&K

Jammu, March 18: A woman was arrested Wednesday for providing logistic support to militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said.

The woman, identified as 35-year-old Suraiya Begum, a resident of Thathri in Doda district, some 175 km north-east of Jammu, was arrested by the police following a tip off.

Doda's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prabhat Singh said: "The police got information about this lady harbouring and giving logistic support to militants.

"The police conducted a raid and arrested Begum from whom five mobile SIM cards and some cash was recovered. She used to work for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit."

SEAT ADJUSTMENT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH RJD

New Delhi, March 18: No adjustment was possible with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) after its unilateral announcement with the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) about seat distribution in Bihar, the Congress said on Wednesday.

THYROID DISEASE

LIKE Diebets, thyroid disease is also a hormonal disease.The thyroid gland, situated in front of the neck. secretes hormones called thyroxine(t4) &triodo-thyronine(t3). these hormones activate every process in the body literally waking us up & keeping us awake.the raw materials for the thyroid gland are essentially protein,iodine& anumber of vitmins & minerals.When these are inADEQUATE the thyroid gland cannot function the THYROID GLAND CAUSES MANY DISEASES but the commcn are LOW FUNCTIONING THYROID OR HIGH FUNCTIONING THYROID.

LAUGHTER TIME

Being in a romantic mood a husband tells his wife,"How i do love to find meself in a place where i have been never been & it could be equally marvellous to do something totally new something i have never done before"
"Darling i think i can help you" replies his wife."why do not you go into the kitchen & wash the dishes"

SINS OF THE FATHER

A men” is the concluding word for prayers. There is also another meaning, “So be it”. The latter is probably what inspired Sister Jesme, a senior nun from the Kerala Church, to release her sensational autobiography titled Amen which has caused a shockwave of Tsunami-like proportions.

The book contains lurid descriptions of sexual perversions performed on her by priests and fellow nuns. The scandal has been magnified because it involves the all-powerful Catholic Church in a state with a large Christian population which supplies about 60 per cent of the country’s priests and nuns.

SPRING IN KASHMIR

A man pushes a handcart under a full bloomed almond tree inside Baadam Vaer (almond garden) in Srinagar

BJP REVIVES TEMPLE PLAN BEFORE POLL

Ever since the Election Commission of India announced plans to hold in general election5 phases to elect the 15th Lok Sabha, the political parties have started chalking out a clear cut strategy to bolster their poll prospects. The right-wing Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has also revived its plans to construct Ram temple and vowed to make “national security and terrorism” as its main poll issues. The saffron brigade has also vowed to give top priority to good governance, development and security of the nation.

I AM NOT APPOLOGETIC VARUN GANDHI

ON WEDNESDAY VARUN GANDHI remains unappologetic for his communal remarks made during an election rally in PILIBHIT & describe himself aHINDU AN INDIAN AGANDHI.

LAUGH TIME

अ मन A man goes to a chemist shop Could you give me something to cure hiccups please The chemist leans over the counter and gives the man a good slapon the back .THEN he asks .HAVE THEY GONE . MYwife is waiting in the car.I WILL ASK HER RIGHT AWAY.

the TATA NANO

The TATA Nano Europa model is displayed for the first time during the media day of the 79TH GENEVA CAR SHOW.

ABOUT MANNI RATNAM RAAVAN

Abhishek-Aishwarya’s love-making session dropped from ‘Raavan’
THE DIRECTOR OF RAAVAN MANI RATNAM has decieded to drop the love making scene between AISHWARYA & ABHISHEK.ASH PLAYS THE ROLE OF A MARRIED woman who is kidnapped by abhi as their relationship progress .ASH gets carried away by her kidnapper and submits for some smoldering intimate session with him.

SAIF&KAREENA IS APPROCHED FOR METRO S

DIRECTOR ANURAG BASU never thinks that his small budget film LIFE IN A METRO went to be a superhit. now the director is all set for a sequel & wants none other than the hot jodi SAIF& KAREENA TO STAR IN THE FILM.HOME NATION a STATES a WORLD a S ASIA a BIZ a SPORTS a CRICKET a SCI-TECH aENTERTAINMENTaLIFESTYLEa EXCLUSIVE aPHOTOS a VIDEOS aNEWSPAPERS

THE SENSATIONAL NEWS

Nadya Suleman, the US woman who gave birth to eight children recently has unveiled a new plan to care for her brood of 14 amid growing concern.

BENIFIT FROM CITRUS FRUITS

Make citrus fruits a part of your routine and add zing n' health to your life! The high Vitamin C content in citrus fruits is a healer and boosts your immune system.

THE FLYOVER OF DEATH

THE DELHI POLICE is fed up from theDAWARKA FLYOVER because of a lot of deaths.Its one turn is very dangerous because of this turn six people gave their lives within four days.

SHARIF WINS

THE govt. of PAKISTAN decided to reinstatement of the country sacked top class judges to avoid the escalation of politlcal turmoil that threatened the stability of the nuclear armed ISLAMIC REPUBLIC.FORMER PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF THEN IMMEDIATELY CALLED OF the LONG MARCH.